Promoting passenger trains as a transportation alternative in Florida since 1983. We are citizens who advocate for Amtrak, commuter rail, intercity rail and transit for Florida's future.
Local leaders in Polk County benefitted from a presentation this week by FDOT on what high speed rail means to their community.
The meeting was covered by the Winter Haven News Chief: http://www.newschief.com/article/20100211/NEWS/2115028/1021/NEWS01?Title=FDOT-officials-lay-out-plan-for-high-speed-rail-project
Still to be determined: the site of a Lakeland station for high speed rail.
--Jackson McQuigg
Florida Coalition of Rail Passengers, P.O. Box 30154, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420 www.fcrprail.org